Colorado Mental Health Jurisprudence//
Colorado Licensure Study Guide Exam
2024
Records required to be kept and record retention (DORA) - CORRECT
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must retain record for 7 years from the date of termination. I
Record information on record - CORRECT ANSWER-name, phi, referral reason,
mandatory disclosure statement.
(5) Dates of service including, but not limited to the date of each contact with
client, the date on which services began, and the date of last contact with client;
(6) Types of service;
(7) Fees;
(8) Any release of information;
(9) The records must be prepared in a manner that allows any subsequent
provider to reasonably conclude what occurred;
(10) Name of any test administered, each date on which the test was
administered, and the name(s) of the person(s) administering the testInformation on
each referral made to and each consultation with another social worker or other health
care provider. This information shall include the date of the referral or consultation, the
name of the person to whom the client was referred, the name of the person with whom
consultation was sought, the outcome (if known) of the referral, and the outcome (if
known) of the consultation;
(12) A final closing statement
Record storage and transfer - CORRECT ANSWER-Need clients consent to transfer
and storage must be confidentail and secure
Disposition of records - CORRECT ANSWER-disability, illness, death, sale or transfer
of practice, termination of practice
Destroying records - CORRECT ANSWER-Only after 7 years, all identifying information
Record Keeping in an agency - CORRECT ANSWER-A social worker need not create
and maintain separate client records if the social worker practices in an agency or
institutional setting and the social worker:
(1) Sees the client in the usual course of that practice;
(2) Keeps client records as required by the agency or institution; and
(3) The agency or institution maintains client records.
Reporting child abuse - CORRECT ANSWER-reasonable cause to know or suspect that
a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being
subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or
neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be
made of such fact to the county department, the local law enforcement agency, or
through the child abuse reporting hotline system as set forth in section
Exceptions to reporting abuse - CORRECT ANSWER-Learn of the suspected abuse or
neglect until after the alleged victim of the suspected abuse or neglect is eighteen years
of age or older; and
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